Swiss Criminal Procedure Code
(Criminal Procedure Code, CrimPC)

¹ The ex­pert wit­ness is per­son­ally re­spons­ible for the ex­pert re­port.

² The dir­ect­or of pro­ceed­ings may re­quest the ex­pert wit­ness to at­tend pro­ced­ur­al hear­ings and au­thor­ise the ex­pert to put ques­tions to the per­son be­ing ques­tioned.

³ If the ex­pert wit­ness is of the view that doc­u­ments must be ad­ded to the case files, he or she shall make the rel­ev­ant ap­plic­a­tion to the dir­ect­or of pro­ceed­ings.

⁴ The ex­pert wit­ness may con­duct simple en­quir­ies that are closely con­nec­ted to his or her as­sign­ment and for this pur­pose may re­quest per­sons to co­oper­ate. These per­sons must com­ply with the in­struc­tions. If they re­fuse, they may be brought be­fore the ex­pert wit­ness by the po­lice.

⁵ In re­la­tion to en­quir­ies by the ex­pert wit­ness, the ac­cused and, to the ex­tent of their right to re­fuse to testi­fy, per­sons who have the right to re­main si­lent or to re­fuse to testi­fy may re­fuse to co­oper­ate. The ex­pert wit­ness shall cau­tion the per­sons con­cerned with re­gard to such rights at the start of his or her en­quir­ies.